[Samba] Samba+Ldap - trying to change password

[George Farris]

Does your password contain a space character?

I had to modify smbldap-passwd.pl to accept passwords that contained a
space character other wise I got that message.

The line in smbldap-passwd.pl is:
	$ret = system "$ldappasswd $dn -s $pass > /dev/null";
replace it with:
	$ret = system "$ldappasswd $dn -s \"$pass\" > /dev/null";

On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 12:07, Thomas Klettke wrote:
> >I have been following the howto for samba and ldap from the idealx.org
> >website, but im having trouble changing the password. Unfortunately, I
> >dont know perl good enough to debug this myself. When I run
> >smbldap-passwd.pl testuser, i get the following output.
> 
> >root at sideswipe% smbldap-passwd.pl testuser
> >Changing password for testuser
> >New password :
> >Retype new password :
> >Change password of an LDAP user
> 
> .
> .
> .
> 
> >Can't return outside a subroutine at /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-passwd.pl
> >line 170, <STDIN> chunk 2.
> 
> >--
> >Peter Erickson
> 
> Peter,
> I've tried to create the same error message, got it when I entered a blank
> password. Is that what you did?
> Another place to check: Did you modify /usr/local/sbin/smbldap_conf.pm to
> match your settings?
> 
> I know, it sounds trivial, but these are the first things to look at before
> attempting any further troubleshooting.
> 
> Thomas Klettke
> thomask at aesbus.com
> Network Administrator
> Aesbus Knowledge Solutions
> Houston, TX 77069
> "The instructions said to use Windows 98 or better, so I installed RedHat."
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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George Farris		                 Computer Support Cowichan
farrisg at mala.bc.ca                    Malaspina University-College

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